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CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968

CONSTITUTION OF 1867


may be fixed by said ordinance, and ap-


proved by a majority of the votes cast at


such time and place; such ordinance shall


provide for the discharge of any such debt


or credit within the period of forty (40)


years from the time of contracting the same;


but the Mayor and City Council may,


temporarily, borrow any amount of money


to meet any deficiency in the City Treasury,


and may borrow any amount at any time


to provide for any emergency arising from


the necessity of maintaining the police, or


preserving the health, safety and sanitary


condition of the City, and may make due


and proper arrangements and agreements


for the renewal and extension, in whole


or in part, of any and all debts and


obligations created according to law before


the adoption of this Constitution.


Art. XI-E, sec. 5. Notwithstanding any


other provision in this Article, the General


Assembly may enact, amend, or repeal local


laws placing a maximum limit on the rate


at which property taxes may be imposed


by any such municipal corporation and


regulating the maximum amount of debt


which may be incurred by any municipal


corporation. However, no such local law


shall become effective in regard to a munici-


pal corporation until and unless it shall


have been approved at a regular or special


municipal election by a majority of the


voters of that municipal corporation voting


on the question. No such municipal corpo-


ration shall levy any type of tax, license,


fee, franchise tax or fee which was not


in effect in such municipal corporation on


January 1, 1954, unless it shall receive


the express authorization of the General


Assembly for such purpose, by a general


law which in its terms and its effect applies


alike to all municipal corporations in one


or more of the classes provided for in


Section 2 of this Article. All charter pro-


visions enacted under the authority of Sec-


tion 3 of this Article shall be subject to


any local laws enacted by the General


Assembly and approved by the municipal


voters under the provisions of this section.


Art. XI-F, sec. 8. Notwithstanding any


other provisions of this Article, the Gen-


eral Assembly has exclusive power to enact,


amend, or repeal any local law for a code


county which (1) authorizes or places a


maximum limit upon the rate of property


taxes which may be imposed by the code


county; or (2) authorizes or regulates the


maximum amount of indebtedness which

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